Your Signature Is Needed: Cruise ships are harming coastal communities

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: STOP cruise ship pollution from threatening manatees, destroying our environment, and harming our communities! 2021 was the WORST YEAR EVER on record for manatees with 1,101 deaths, wiping out 10% of Florida’s ENTIRE manatee population. Despite being naturally “chubby,” researchers have been finding the corpses of these gentle giants frail and deteriorated with clear signs of STARVATION due to lack of seagrass -- a vital plant needed to keep manatees nourished. But like several other natural marine resources valuable to our ocean ecosystem, seagrass has been wiped out due to reckless wastewater dumping by the profit-driven cruise ship industry. [Please, Friend, add your name now to STOP corporate cruise ship pollution from endangering our oceans >>]( [SIGN THE PETITION NOW]( A single average 3,000-person cruise ship produces the equivalent of TEN backyard swimming pools of SEWAGE every week. All that toxic waste can be carelessly DUMPED, partially treated, into the sea -- contaminating our ocean waters, putting marine species at risk, and harming our planet. But the damage caused by Big Cruise doesn’t end with marine life. The toxic emissions from these massive cruise ships dump dirty pollution on nearby coastal communities, harming local businesses that rely on healthy marine ecosystems, closing our beaches, and even contaminating the air we breathe. [Will you take urgent action to protect our oceans, marine life, and coastal communities from cruise ship pollution?]( [SIGN THE PETITION NOW]( Thanks for your urgent action. Friends of the Earth Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA 1-877-843-8687 [Contact us](foe.org/about-us/contact/) Email Preferences: [Click here to unsubscribe]( Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Flickr]( © 2021, Friends of the Earth. All Rights Reserved. [supporter]